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'I do not think of you lying': shows no sense of grieving, almost like he does not want to think of her as being dead'Walking/ on your way/ going': verbs of action juxtaposes 'lying''Don't forget to see about the cattle': conversationalStructure: dramatic monologue inspired by her death in 1945He remembers the good thingsIt starts off with realism and then transitions into creative metaphorsIn her person the conflicting aesthetic positives of 'repose' and energy are re concluded as in her words the contrary categories of realism and transcendentalism merge.

| Posted on 2015-03-10 | by a guest

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Techniques in the PoemImagery:-I see us meeting at the end of a town-Going to mass on a summer x Sunday-Shops and StallsRhyme:Sunday, Stray, SayTheme:Death, Memories, FamilyTone:Happy + SadConversational Talks:\"Don\'t forget to see about the cattle.\"

| Posted on 2013-05-13 | by a guest

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TONE: conversational, happy, relaxed - enjambement enforces thisLANGUAGE: warm and friendly, he is speaking to his mother and praising her warmth and lifeCONTEXT: written shortly after his mother\'s deathSTRUCTURE: five short stanzas each four lines long, the constant enjmabement from line to line and stanza to stanza keeps the conversational flow of the poem

| Posted on 2012-03-25 | by a guest

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SHORT THEME: patrick kavanagh is remembering his mother as she was when she was alive.the picture he paints of her is a tender and loving portrait full of variety and strength.she is and always will be a living presance in his life.

| Posted on 2010-05-26 | by a guest

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If anyone is reading this i need to write a report on this poem and i am just looking for some tips!- Thanks!